A KUTAHYA POTTERY JUG WITH CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY Western Anatolia, 19th century Of typical pear-like shape, with a rounded body, on a short circular foot, rising to a flared circular mouth, a curved handle to the side, overglaze painted in cobalt blue, manganese purple, light blue, yellow and black against a white ground, the all-round decoration depicting two scenes from the life of Christ in chronological order (Pontius Pilate's audience; the preparation to the Crucifixion), in the centre the Virgin Mary with a yellow nimbus lifting her typical blue veil and revealing Christ's head instead of her heart, surrounded by human-like winged angels crossing their arms in sign of sorrow, a Turkish inscriptionin Armenian charactersrunning around the rim, 14cm high.